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Slow or Quick Changes
Solar Insolation
Vocabulary
100
The breaking down of rock on Earth's surface into smaller pieces.
What is weathering?
100
Wind and water can carry sand and small pieces of rock to new locations. True or False
What is True?
100
Volcanoes change Earth's surface...(slowly/quickly)
What is quickly?
100

On both March 21st and September 23rd the Sun's rays strike the Earth surface perpendicular at what latitude?

What is the Equator?

100
Small pieces that break off of rocks.
What is sediments?
200
Mountains and other surface features of the land.
What are landforms?
200
When rainwater seeps into cracks in rocks and __________, it expands and causes the rock to split apart.
What is freezes?
200
Weathering changes Earth's surface...(slowly/quickly)
What is slowly?
200

What month of the year do we experience the spring equinox?

What is March?

200
Gigantic formations of ice that do not completely melt over the course of a year.
What is a glacier?
300
The process by which weathered rock is picked up and moved to a new place.
What is erosion?
300
Weathering over long periods of time breaks rock into ____________ pieces. (larger or smaller)
What is smaller?
300
Erosion can change the shape of the land faster than a volcano can. True or False.
What is False?
300

We are moving into the season of fall. If you live in Australia right now, you'd be preparing to enter what season?

What is spring? 

300
A growing pile of deposited sediment at the mouth of a river.
What is a delta?
400
Huge sheets of ice that move slowly over land.
What are glaciers?
400
Fast flowing rivers can pick up and carry rocks (far/short) distances.
What is far?
400
Water can weather rock by: A. eroding soil B. by freezing and melting
What is freezing and melting?
400

Which layer in the atmosphere has the highest concentration of water?

What is the Troposphere?

400
Large piles of sediment that are leftover from glaciers when they melt.
What are moraines?
500
The sudden movement of rocks and soil down the side of a hill because of gravity and rain.
What is a landslide?
500
All of the following are forces that change landforms EXCEPT: a. wind b. moving water c. glaciers c. physical features
What is physical features?
500
Landslides are quick changes to the land. They can be caused by: A. magma and rain B. gravity and rain
What is gravity and rain?
500

During the greenhouse effect, after the Earth absorbs light from the sun, it sends light back out towards space. This is the type of light the Earth sends out into space.

What is infrared?

500
Nonliving, solid material that are formed in nature and made of crystals.
What are minerals?
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